Idioms & Phrasal Verbs Test 86

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Question 1/5
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Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.

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The government would not leave in the lurch the farmers who had parted with their land in Amravati.

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To favour someone

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To pay heavy compensation to someone

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To abandon someone in a difficult situation

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To find the solution to a very challenging problem

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To not listen to someone's issues

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The phrase 'Leave Someone in the Lurch' means to abandon someone in a difficult situation'. So, the correct answer is option C.
Question 2/5
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Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.

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They go to the pubs to celebrate after wins, lick their wounds after losses and on occasion to consummate deals political and legal.

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To struggle for long

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To be overcome by euphoria

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C
To rest after a bad defeat

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To prevent oneself from difficult circumstances

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E
To try and understand inner conflicts

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Solutions
The phrase Lick One’s Wounds means to 'Rest after a bad defeat'. So, the correct answer is option C.
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Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.

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Kangana Ranaut is not a loose cannon, but a political silver bullet.

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someone who speaks or acts recklessly

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Someone who doesn't know the language well

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Someone who is a failure

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Someone who is loud

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Someone who uses vulgar langiage

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Solutions
Loose Cannon means 'Someone out of control; someone who speaks or acts recklessly'. So, the correct answer is option A.
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Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.

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The president is coming to Portsmouth on Saturday night and he’s loaded for bear.

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to lose power or stop functioning

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Prepared to face challenges

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Be heavily drunk

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Afraid of being knocked out in competition

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Lose temper

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Solutions
Loaded for Bear means ' Prepared for problems, well prepared for a challenge'. So, the correct option is C.
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Direction: In the following question, out of the given alternatives, select the idiom/phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.

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We designers like to let sleeping dogs lie; not picking past projects apart to admit what could have been done better.

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to continue for longer than you want or think is necessary

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to avoid stirring up a problem

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to do something to someone so that other people lose respect for them

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to pass very slowly, especially in context of time

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taking chance to meet

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Solutions
'Let Sleeping Dogs Lie' means to avoid stirring up a problem; to leave things alone. So, the correct answer is option B.

Question 1/5

To favour someone

To pay heavy compensation to someone

To abandon someone in a difficult situation

To find the solution to a very challenging problem

To not listen to someone's issues

Question 2/5

To struggle for long

To be overcome by euphoria

To rest after a bad defeat

To prevent oneself from difficult circumstances

To try and understand inner conflicts

Question 3/5

someone who speaks or acts recklessly

Someone who doesn't know the language well

Someone who is a failure

Someone who is loud

Someone who uses vulgar langiage

Question 4/5

to lose power or stop functioning

Prepared to face challenges

Be heavily drunk

Afraid of being knocked out in competition

Lose temper

Question 5/5

to continue for longer than you want or think is necessary

to avoid stirring up a problem

to do something to someone so that other people lose respect for them

to pass very slowly, especially in context of time

taking chance to meet